Companies with an international profile continuously seek to attract and retain international talent in order to remain on top of the competitive wave. International Community can be a valuable resource in achieving this objective.
International Community is a strong and experienced partner for companies with an international profile working to attract, recruit and retain international employees. Membership will benefit your company with a solid network of equally positioned member companies. Consider International Community to be an extension of your HR department; a source where you can get access to valuable knowledge and how-to solutions and get inspiration for competitive talent strategies. Karina Boldsen
Director, International Mobility Development, Vestas Wind Systems
WELCOME TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY International Community is a network organisation that supports your efforts to recruit, welcome and retain international staff. With our programme of networking, social and professional assistance for international staff and their families, we take over where your HR department leaves off. With our morning seminars and networking activities, we collect and share company experience and best practice on how to attract and retain international staff.
We offer our company members:
• Comprehensive support for international staff that complements your company’s HR department. • Easier to settle in for international staff. • Better retention rates. • Networking, knowledge-sharing and access to best practice, strategies and practical solutions.
MEMBERSHIP HELPS OUR INTERNATIONAL STAFF TO FIT IN “We chose to work with International Community because so many of our employees were coming to Denmark to obtain further qualifications or to execute traineeships. Cooperating with International Community opened up a number of new opportunities for our company and put us in a better position to attract and retain an international workforce. To give one example, our Indian colleagues were introduced to the LærDansk language school through the International Community network. The regular morning seminars give inspiration and new ideas for how we can work with international employees more effectively. The seminars inspired us to arrange a lecture in-house at Crisplant on welcoming and retaining talent. Overall, the membership helps our international staff to fit in better in Denmark, which hopefully will result in long-term employment. It is important for our international employees to feel safe and secure, and at International Community they can get the support they need. The networking platform, the newsletter, the events and seminars help them to connect with other internationals and internationally minded Danes and to become a part of the society they are living in.”
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• Thorough introduct ion to the company, the new position, the Danish labo ur market and Aarhus in order to introduce the new employee the best way possible to his or her new surroundings. • Create an extra ”life line” in the company by providing a colleague who can act as a sort of a buddy or a mentor to the new emp loyee. • Assure the best poss ible support to the spou se: Practical help with job search, etc. ultant, City of Aarhus
Birgitte Korfits Faber Intercultural Coordinator Crisplant a/s
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Together with its mother company BEUMER Group, Crisplant A/S employs more than 3,000 people, including 481 in Aarhus.
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INTERNATIONAL DIVERSIFICATION CREATES BETTER CONDITIONS FOR INNOVATION “As part of a global concern, DuPont, Nutrition and Health Division (formerly Danisco A/S) needs to attract an international workforce, and this will be increasingly true in the future. We believe that international diversification creates better conditions for innovation. International Community offers us scope to it, and that is why our membership is so important. Arriving in a new country often means a mass of paperwork and formalities. International Community brings together the immigration office, citizen services and other governmental institutionsat one venue, and this is a real help both for us and for our international employees. Being able to offer International Community’s social activities and events makes us a more attractive employer for our international staff and provides a solid base for integration in Aarhus and Denmark generally. International Community membership makes it easy for our international employees to meet other relocated staff, find out about social events and also get some ideas on how to get involved with the Danish community, which is essential for successful integration.”
Lene Skyttegaard HR Director in Denmark DuPont
DuPont
DuPont is a world leader in food ingredients and bio-based solutions. It employs more than 7,000 people worldwide, including 60 international employees working in Denmark.
ONLINE COMMUNITY – INTERCOM InterCom can facilitate your search for international employees by allowing you to match your recruiting requirements. It also provides a base for your international employees to build a social and professional network.
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Create a company profile on InterCom and:
• Upload job openings and activities. • Search for employees with relevant skills and access CVs. • Connect with job candidates located in East Jutland.
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Your employees can:
• Extend their social and professional network. • Keep up to date with social and cultural events in and around Aarhus. • Extend their spare time options.
HOW WE SUPPORT YOUR COMPANY International Community’s services support both companies and employees:
WHY ATTRACT INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYEES On a global market, recruitment of talented, international employees can be an important key to long term success in your company. • Boost competitiveness and performance now and in the future. • Improve conditions for innovation through cultural diversification. • Broaden corporate culture and facilitate access to the global market. • Strive to employ the most talented employees regardless of nationality. • Improve your company image and become more attractive as a potential employer.
When hiring international employees it is important to make sure that they settle in well. Frequent staff turnover is expensive for your company. It causes recruitment costs, training costs, lost knowledge costs, lost productivity costs, and ultimately lost sales costs. See how International Community can support your company to the right.
• Extended HR function: International Community can make your international employees feel at home. We offer practical assistance, social and professional networks, a community for spouses, seminars on life in Denmark, a weekly newsletter, an online community InterCom, publications, and social activities and events. • Faster and easier settlement for your employees: International Community and International Citizen Service bring together the authorities responsible for registration, residence permits, social security numbers and tax cards in at one venue, so that your employees’ settlement become as easy as possible. • Inspiration, knowledge-sharing and networking: Share your experiences and get best practice advice on working with international labour at our morning seminars and other business networking events. • Erhverv Aarhus: International Community is an integrated part of Erhverv Aarhus, the largest business organisation in the Aarhus area counting more than 500 companies. Erhverv Aarhus lobbies for your company on a regional level and helps you find practical solutions to everyday challenges.